Comments on: A Modest Proposal for the 21st Century http://www.minthegap.com/2006/12/22/a-modest-proposal-for-the-21st-century/ Standing in the Gap in a Society that's Warring with God. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:41:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Mary http://www.minthegap.com/2006/12/22/a-modest-proposal-for-the-21st-century/#comment-18468 Mary Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:34:22 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2006/12/22/a-modest-proposal-for-the-21st-century/#comment-18468 You know, the very scary thing is that this whole stem-cell debate is a "high class" way to make using unborn babies seem like a scientifically "smart" thing to do. Saving lives and all that. Once that is legit, and the public at large sees the "benefit" of it, and thus gets desensitized to it, then step by step we'll be facing worse and worse uses for the unborn. I went to the Jonathan Swift link and followed it to the original article he wrote...it's an online read, and it's horrifying. He wrote it as a satire in the 1700's, as a way to solve the problems of Irelands' starving tenant farmers. He went so far as to describe how a percentage of these infants (1 male for every 4 females) should be nursed for a year, especially well in the last month so they'd be extra succulant before being sold for food to various taverns and gentry who would like the delicacy of "young child". He describes how to prepare and cook, talks about the weight at birth and how many pounds to aim for while feeding and nursing it the first year...just like livestock. Chilling. When will people cease to find this an atrocity? Ann is right, as the times worsen, our faith and walk as Christians is going to have to be something we take more seriously here in America and elsewhere. We're not playing pretend on the playground of life here. There are big stakes, involving the prince of this earth and his attack on God's people. He will stop at nothing. Are we as dedicated as we should be? You know, the very scary thing is that this whole stem-cell debate is a “high class” way to make using unborn babies seem like a scientifically “smart” thing to do. Saving lives and all that. Once that is legit, and the public at large sees the “benefit” of it, and thus gets desensitized to it, then step by step we’ll be facing worse and worse uses for the unborn.

I went to the Jonathan Swift link and followed it to the original article he wrote…it’s an online read, and it’s horrifying. He wrote it as a satire in the 1700’s, as a way to solve the problems of Irelands’ starving tenant farmers. He went so far as to describe how a percentage of these infants (1 male for every 4 females) should be nursed for a year, especially well in the last month so they’d be extra succulant before being sold for food to various taverns and gentry who would like the delicacy of “young child”. He describes how to prepare and cook, talks about the weight at birth and how many pounds to aim for while feeding and nursing it the first year…just like livestock. Chilling. When will people cease to find this an atrocity?

Ann is right, as the times worsen, our faith and walk as Christians is going to have to be something we take more seriously here in America and elsewhere. We’re not playing pretend on the playground of life here. There are big stakes, involving the prince of this earth and his attack on God’s people. He will stop at nothing. Are we as dedicated as we should be?

]]> By: ann_in_grace http://www.minthegap.com/2006/12/22/a-modest-proposal-for-the-21st-century/#comment-18443 ann_in_grace Fri, 22 Dec 2006 13:55:53 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2006/12/22/a-modest-proposal-for-the-21st-century/#comment-18443 Brave. Courageous. Innovative. Provocative. Seriously - this is where we are heading... There are no more boundaries that humans have not crossed. Yet every new atrocity shocks us immensely. I think we should get ready for more, being armed with our Sword of Truth and guarded by our trust in God. This army is marching on our knees, we have a mighty Lord, so we should not be afraid. In spite of the darkness around us - He is our Light. Brave. Courageous. Innovative. Provocative.
Seriously - this is where we are heading… There are no more boundaries that humans have not crossed. Yet every new atrocity shocks us immensely. I think we should get ready for more, being armed with our Sword of Truth and guarded by our trust in God.
This army is marching on our knees, we have a mighty Lord, so we should not be afraid.
In spite of the darkness around us - He is our Light.

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